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We like to share our tools with interested and curious people, by lending them to science teachers for a fee. Want to borrow some?

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Our Mission

We enjoy learning. We want to discover how things work, to find the deep beauties of the universe, and to use these knowledge to do fun, funny, unusual things. We believe that you do, too.

The way we like to learn unusual things is by using science lab tools to try out strange ideas.

meet us: Learning equipment supply service

LESS is a 501c3 non-profit organization which serves teachers and students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin without discrimination. LESS is an employer which takes affirmative action to support equal opportunity.

communicate science

Hands-on experiments contextualize the lessons for all of your students, from all backgrounds. Work with us by sending an email to staff [at] LearnMoreWithLESS [dot] org.

EXTEND YOUR INVENTORY

Example: you have five microscopes, but thirty students; you need ten more microscopes in order to engage all pairs of students. We can help. We’re located at 6110 Venice Blvd in Los Angeles 90034.

Watch the achievement grow

Hands-on science work is associated with gains in English and Math, too. Want our phone number to talk about science in your class? We’re in area code 323 Los Angeles, at 905-4667.

Here’s how we support your hands-on science lessons

Setup and cleanup of apparatus

One barrier to your most awesome science lesson ideas might be the prep time. Some experiments require a lot of labor to prepare and then to dismantle. We are technicians, and we can take care of that backstage work for you.

In-class technical assistance

Sometimes, the materials in an experiment are fiddly, or the equipment is unfamiliar and complicated. If our availability matches your class schedule, then we can go into your classroom to help your students with such technical aspects. Please note that we go in for technical support only; we do not teach, and we do not provide supervision. That’s all you.

Hands-on lesson ideas by topic

How about when you’d like to add a hands-on component to an existing science lesson, but you’re not sure how to make the topic hands-on? We can help there, too. We’ll match your topic to a published lab activity or help you to come up with something brand-new that we can supply. NGSS-aligned, of course.

We’re open to your suggestions and needs

Our goal is to increase the frequency and quality of hands-on science work that you do with your students. We want you and them to have great experiences in science! How else can we assist you toward this goal? As a small, non-profit organization we are very flexible and agile. Let’s talk!

Here are some types of equipment that we love to lend

Fancy tools

Vernier and Pasco devices are very convenient for middle and high school science, but quite costly up front. So are microscopes and digital microscopes. So are electronic balances. Of course you want to wrangle the funding to acquire your own fancy stuff; but in the meantime, rent or borrow from us and put your class to hands-on work!

Ordinary tools

Of course, we also deal in test tubes, dropper bottles, pipets, burets, beakers, and other lab necessities that big schools probably already have, but that young charter schools might lack (for now). There’s more, much more:

Thermometers, electric hot plates, magnetic stirrers.
Magnets, magnetic compasses, iron filings.
Plastic model human eyes with removable parts, simulated contagion powder (visible under blacklight)
Safety glasses, safety goggles, lab aprons, lab coats.
Melting point machines, spectrophotometers, centrifuges.
Dissection kits, dissection trays, magnifying lenses.
Metersticks, measuring tape, marbles, cars, tracks, stopwatches.
Lenses, laser pointers, blacklights.
Tuning forks, Slinky-type springs, electronic tone producers (Vernier Labquest2).
Balloon hand-pumps, balloon foot pumps (bellows).
van de Graaff generators, one static wand.
Digital multimeters, soldering irons, mini hot glue guns
Rock samples, coal samples, crude oil samples.